New clothes? CHECK

New shoes? CHECK

Backpack? CHECK

Lunch? CHECK…

The first day of school was one of excitement and apprehension.  The children awoke early and began the ritual of preparing for a day of learning and fun.  You could feel the nervousness as each one ran around the house getting ready.  One starting Junior High… another beginning first grade… one giddy with tremendous happiness as he starts his school career as a kindergartner…  and one 20 month old lonely as his big brothers and sister are now too busy to play.  The feeling is bittersweet.  The house is quiet as the baby naps.  I get to enjoy my coffee without having to answer a thousand questions or calm a tantrum.  I can sit and compose a blog post without losing my train of thought.  Wow.  Bliss.  lol!  But yet I sit here on the verge of tears knowing that our lazy days are over.  Proud that my babies willingly go to school yet  somewhat sad that they don’t need mommy anymore.  They grow so fast!  My oldest told me this morning that he felt like he was going to puke.  He was so nervous!  How and when in the world did my baby become a 7th grader?!  Remember your first day of junior high?  Gosh, I feel nervous for him! lol!  

I leave you now with a few quick snapshots that I took with my cell phone camera because in my normal rushed Marsha fashion, I ran out of the house without grabbing my camera bag.  *sigh*.  AND to top it off, I had to park 2 blocks away from the elementary school because EVERYONE and their grandma wants to drive their kid to school on the first day… which made me have to enlist the help of MoMo (my sis) to go get my car and take my oldest to school because there was such a traffic jam in the kindergarten room.  :(  So I didn’t get any photos of my oldest  ”baby”.  I’ll have to take “after the first day of school” photos, lol!  Enjoy! 

…and have a WONDERFUL and BLESSED day! 

~Marsha